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despite roles on film and on stage, hagman will always be remembered as the villainous j.r. ewing. when j.r. was shot by an unknown assailant, it became one of the most famous cliffhangers in tv history, watched by 300 million people from all around the world. hagman never expected the show to endure. >> i just started the show doing six shows. i never thought it would do 300. >> reporter: in fact, the "dallas" franchise was so successful, the series was recently reprised. the u.s. network tnt brought it back with a new generation of ewings and hagman came back, too, returning as j.r. once again. critics say he was the best thing about "dallas." but explaining the character's appeal, hagman once said, the time is ripe for a real bad guy and i'm it. >> have a good day, master? >> i'm going to have a wonderful day, genie. >> reporter: it was a good guy who larry hagman blasted into people's living rooms playing astronaut tony nelson on "i dream of genie." the show is still popular in syndication. even as a kid, hagman orbited in showbiz as the son of peter pan star mary martin, his m
despite roles on film and on stage, hagman will always be remembered as the villainous j.r. ewing. when j.r. was shot by an unknown assailant, it became one of the most famous cliffhangers in tv history, watched by 300 million people from all around the world. hagman never expected the show to endure. >> i just started the show doing six shows. i never thought it would do 300. >> reporter: in fact, the "dallas" franchise was so successful, the series was recently reprised....
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ewing in the popular prime time show "dallas." >> you better practice that tall tail. had a little studying excuse. you may be able to fool your grand daddy but not old jr. i know a lie when i hear one. >> when it comes to lying i am sure you are the expert. i saw you at dinner last night. just when did kristen become a part of the oil cartel? hmmm? >> good one, charlene. joining us is actress charlene hilton who played the flirty lucy ewing on dallas. great to see you this morning. >> thank you. you, too, alice. >> tell us your favorite memories and what comes back to you as you see some of those old clips? >> well, let me start in a very general way. when i met the force of nature that is larry hagman i was 17 years old. i had been raised by a single mother who was mentally ill. i had my own apartment from the time i was 15 years old and i never had a father figure. larry hagman came into my life at 17 years old and became the father figure that i longed for and he was a guiding force in my life. he taught me how to be professional. he taught me the craft of acting.
ewing in the popular prime time show "dallas." >> you better practice that tall tail. had a little studying excuse. you may be able to fool your grand daddy but not old jr. i know a lie when i hear one. >> when it comes to lying i am sure you are the expert. i saw you at dinner last night. just when did kristen become a part of the oil cartel? hmmm? >> good one, charlene. joining us is actress charlene hilton who played the flirty lucy ewing on dallas. great to see...
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. >>> new changes for the remake of dallas after the man behind j.r. ewing passed away. fans left flowers on the "hollywood walk of fame." he died friday at the age of 81. they will rewrite its script to reflect the death of the infamous oil barron. they will give his character a proper sendoff. kind of sad. >>> well, around here, looks like we have some fog around some parts of the bay this morning. it is making driving difficult for some folks, but it will clear up, right, brian? >> yes. we are used to the fog in the bay area. it is like summertime stuff. there is drizzle around as well that will clear up by 10:00 or 11:00 this morning. we will get sunshine as we head out there. east bay is 33. livermore 42 degrees. santa rosa is 40. we have changes ahead this week. after the fog this morning, sun later and rain in the bay area tuesday. once the rain begins it will not be going away any time soon. i will tell you about that in a bit. but first, the moisture that poured over the pacific northwest is sagging over the bay area in the form of a weak little tail end of a tr
. >>> new changes for the remake of dallas after the man behind j.r. ewing passed away. fans left flowers on the "hollywood walk of fame." he died friday at the age of 81. they will rewrite its script to reflect the death of the infamous oil barron. they will give his character a proper sendoff. kind of sad. >>> well, around here, looks like we have some fog around some parts of the bay this morning. it is making driving difficult for some folks, but it will clear...
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fans this weekend paying tribute to j.r. ewing. on this sunday, flowers at the south fork ranch north of dallas, the backdrop for the soap that would define excess in america in the 1980s. at the center of it all, larry hagman, a texas native himself from if the worth, as the evil, conniving man j.r. ewing. here, with his actress wife linda gray. >> you are a drunk, unfit mother. >> reporter: he was loathed and loved by the millions who turned in every week. they were disgusted by his ways and wooed by his wicked humor. >> don't forgive and don't forget. and do unto others before they do unto you. >> when he was shot in the 1980 cliff hanger, the world spent months asking who shot jr. in his memoir, he says he refused to tell even the queen mum who wanted to know who pulled the trigger. and 40 million people tuning in to know the answer, it was j.r.'s sister-in-law, kristen. hagman himself, before tv. a five-year run on "i dream of genie," the astronaut and the genie who loved him. >> master, it's almost 3:00 in the morning. get so
fans this weekend paying tribute to j.r. ewing. on this sunday, flowers at the south fork ranch north of dallas, the backdrop for the soap that would define excess in america in the 1980s. at the center of it all, larry hagman, a texas native himself from if the worth, as the evil, conniving man j.r. ewing. here, with his actress wife linda gray. >> you are a drunk, unfit mother. >> reporter: he was loathed and loved by the millions who turned in every week. they were disgusted by...
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>> now the world mourns the loss of the actor who played j.r. ewing in the hit cbs show dallas. fans placed flowers on larry hagman's hollywood star after learning the actor died friday at the age of 81. >> come on out, genie. >> hagman rose to game as good-natured astronaut anthony nelson in the 60s tv show i dream of jeannie. >> hagman came from a show business family. his mother was broadway star mary martin who was famous for her role as peter pan. >> i used ewing oil money to support you. >> hagman was candid about his personal life, acknowledging years of heavy drinking that so damaged his liver he eventually needed a transplant. >> now, i don't expect you to make those kind of decisions for me. >> after many years of smoking, hagman quit and was a smoking nonsmoking advocate. >> his wife of nearly six decades has alzheimer's disease and he was battling throat cancer. >> you are still the prettiest girl at the ball. >> but hagman's spirit never facility erred, earlier this year, .. dallas with was revised as a new series in tnt in a appearance on cbs, he told jeff glor of
>> now the world mourns the loss of the actor who played j.r. ewing in the hit cbs show dallas. fans placed flowers on larry hagman's hollywood star after learning the actor died friday at the age of 81. >> come on out, genie. >> hagman rose to game as good-natured astronaut anthony nelson in the 60s tv show i dream of jeannie. >> hagman came from a show business family. his mother was broadway star mary martin who was famous for her role as peter pan. >> i used...
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his most famous role was that of j.r. ewing. it was one of the most successful in history. manuel bojorquez is at the south fork ranch which served as j.r.'s television home. good morning. >> reporter: you may recall in the 1980s whenever someone talked about dallas you have to wonder whether they were talking about the tv series or the actual city in texas. and, of course everyone remembers south fork ranch as the home of the fictional ewing family. it was the cliffhanger that ended the 1980 season which everyone over a certain age will always remember. it was one of the most famous moments in television history. the world asked who shot j.r. and this morning the world mourns the loss of the actor who played j.r. ewing in the hit cbs show "dallas." larry magazine hahn has died at the age of 81. >> there we are. >> reporter: hagman rose to fame as good natured astronaut anthony nelson in the "i dream of jeanne." he came from a show business family. his mother was mary martin. hagman was candid about his personal life acknowledging years of heavy drinking that so damaged his
his most famous role was that of j.r. ewing. it was one of the most successful in history. manuel bojorquez is at the south fork ranch which served as j.r.'s television home. good morning. >> reporter: you may recall in the 1980s whenever someone talked about dallas you have to wonder whether they were talking about the tv series or the actual city in texas. and, of course everyone remembers south fork ranch as the home of the fictional ewing family. it was the cliffhanger that ended the...